List of Indian Super League seasons

Indian Super League
Founded21 October 2013
CountryIndia
ConfederationAFC
Number of clubs12
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s)AFC Cup
Current championsMumbai City
(2 title)
(2023–24)
Current premiersMohun Bagan SG (1st title)
(2023–24)
Most championshipsATK (3 titles)
Most premiershipsMumbai City
(2 titles)
Current: 2023–24 Indian Super League

The Indian Super League (ISL) is a men's professional football league, which is the top tier league in Indian football system.

The league currently comprises 12 clubs. Each season of the tournament generally runs from November to March. During the league stage of the competition, each club plays against all the other clubs in a round-robin style. At the end of the league stage, the team with the most points gets declared the Premiers and presented with a trophy named League Winners Shield, and the top four clubs qualify for the play-offs. The season then culminates with the ISL Final to determine the Champions who are presented with the ISL Trophy.

List of seasons

Season Teams Matches Premiers Champions Top scorer(s) Asia Avg. attendance
Player Goals AFC Champions League AFC Cup
2014 8 61 Title did not exist Atlético de Kolkata Brazil Elano 8 — — 24,357
2015 8 61 Chennaiyin Colombia Stiven Mendoza 13 — — 27,111
2016 8 61 Atlético de Kolkata Brazil Marcelinho Leite Pereira 10 — — 21,003
2017–18 10 95 Chennaiyin Spain Coro 18 — Chennaiyin 15,047
2018–19 10 95 Bengaluru Spain Coro 16 — Bengaluru 13,155
2019–20 10 95 Goa ATK Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche
Lithuania Nerijus Valskis
Fiji Roy Krishna		 15 Goa ATK Mohun Bagan[a]
Bengaluru[b]		 13,052
2020–21 11 115 Mumbai City Mumbai City Spain Igor Angulo
Fiji Roy Krishna		 14 Mumbai City ATK Mohun Bagan 0[c]
2021–22 11 115 Jamshedpur Hyderabad Nigeria Bartholomew Ogbeche 18 Jamshedpur[d] Hyderabad[e] 0[f]
2022–23 11 117 Mumbai City ATK Mohun Bagan Australia Dimitri Petratos
Brazil Diego Maurício
Brazil Cleiton Silva		 12 Mumbai City[g] ATK Mohun Bagan[h] 12,749
2023–24 12 139 Mohun Bagan SG Mumbai City Greece Dimitrios Diamantakos
Fiji Roy Krishna		 13 Mohun Bagan SG East Bengal 12,311

ISL Finals

Season Date Champions Score Runners–up Player of the match Venue Attendance
2014 20 December Atlético de Kolkata 1–0 Kerala Blasters India Mohammed Rafique (Atlético de Kolkata) DY Patil Stadium 36,484
2015 20 December Chennaiyin 3–2 Goa Spain Jofre Mateu (Goa) Fatorda Stadium 18,477
2016 18 December Atlético de Kolkata 1–1
(4–3 p) 		Kerala Blasters Spain Henrique Sereno (Atlético de Kolkata) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi) 82,146
2017–18 17 March 2018 Chennaiyin 3–2 Bengaluru Brazil Maílson Alves (Chennaiyin) Sree Kanteerava Stadium 25,753
2018–19 17 March 2019 Bengaluru 1–0 Goa India Rahul Bheke (Bengaluru) Mumbai Football Arena 7,372
2019–20 14 March 2020 ATK 3–1 Chennaiyin India Arindam Bhattacharya Fatorda Stadium 0[i]
2020–21 13 March 2021 Mumbai City 2–1 ATK Mohun Bagan India Bipin Singh (Mumbai City) Fatorda Stadium 0[i]
2021–22 20 March 2022 Hyderabad 1–1
(3–1 p) 		Kerala Blasters India Laxmikant Kattimani (Hyderabad) Fatorda Stadium 11,500
2022–23 18 March 2023 ATK Mohun Bagan 2–2
(4–3 p) 		Bengaluru Australia Dimitri Petratos (ATK Mohun Bagan) Fatorda Stadium 11,879
2020–21 4 May 2024 Mumbai City 3–1 ATK Mohun Bagan India Lalengmawia Ralte (Mumbai City) Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan 62,007

Notes

  1. ^ Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup group stage by winning the 2019–20 I-League, therefore after the merger, ATK Mohun Bagan earned the spot.
  2. ^ ATK qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs by winning the 2020 Indian Super League Final, but after ATK and Mohun Bagan merged, Bengaluru received the spot as the third place team of 2019–20 Indian Super League.
  3. ^ The league was hosted behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India
  4. ^ Qualification to Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage
  5. ^ Qualification to Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifying playoffs
  6. ^ Excluding the final, the league was hosted behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India
  7. ^ Qualification to Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage
  8. ^ Qualification to Playoffs for 2023–24 AFC Cup qualifying playoffs
  9. ^ a b The final was hosted behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India

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